Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway

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Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway
Dates of operation 14 August 185531 July 1862
Successor line Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
LUECKE
  Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (east)
STRrg HSTR ABZrd
Cowlairs Junctions
STR LUECKE
  Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (south)
exHLUECKE eKRZu exSTRlg
  Hamiltonhill Branch (east)
STR exKDSe
Hamiltonhill Goods Depot
eBHF
Possilpark
exHLUECKE exHSTR eKRZu exHSTR exHLUECKE
  Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway  
eBHF
Lochburn
exLUECKE STR
  Kelvin Valley Railway
exSTRlf eABZlg
Kelvin Valley Junction
BHF
Maryhill
ABZlf STRlg
Maryhill Park Junction
STR STRlf HLUECKE
  Stobcross Railway
tSTRrg KRZt TUNNELru HLUECKE
  Glasgow City and District Railway
TUNNELe STR
STRlf ABZlg
Knightswood North Junction
BHF
Westerton
STRrg ABZrf
Milngavie Junction
LUECKE STR
  Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway
BHF
Drumchapel
eABZlf exSTRlg
BHF exSTR
Singer
STR exBHF
Singer Works
eABZrg exSTRrf
STRrg KRZo HSTR HLUECKE
  Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway
CPICl CPICr
Dalmuir
STRlf ABZlg
Dalmuir Park Junction
BHF
Kilpatrick
exSTRrg eKRZo exHSTR exHLUECKE
  Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway
exBHF STR
Bowling (L&DR)
exSTR BHF
Bowling (GD&HR/C&DJR Joint)
xABZrg xABZrf
(connecting line opened in 1960)
STR exSTR
STRlf xKRZu STRlg
exSTR BHF
Dumbarton East (L&DR)
xABZrg STRrf
Dumbarton Joint Line Junction
BHF
Dumbarton Central (C&DJR)
BHF
Dalreoch (C&DJR)
HLUECKE HSTR ABZrf
  Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway
BHF
Cardross
STRrg ABZdrf exSTRlg
Craigendoran Junction
eCPICl CPICm exCPICre
Craigendoran
STR KBFe
Helensburgh Central
BHF
Helensburgh Upper (WHR)
LUECKE
  West Highland Railway

Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway is an historic railway in Scotland.

Contents

[edit] History

It was authorised by an Act of Parliament on 14 August 1855.

The railway was absorbed by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on 31 July 1862.


[edit] Connections to other lines

[edit] Current operations

With the exception of a small section west of Bowling, the line is still open.


[edit] Sources

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.